Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Dell has announced two new Inspirons for students. In your choice of a laptop Inspiron 13 which features with a 13-inch screen, 8-in-1 media card reader and slot-loading DVD drive in the base model(extra cost for wifi, webcam, and bluetooth.

Or if your looking for a Deskop how bout the Inspiron 518 with DirectX 10 integrated graphics, gigabit Ethernet and a pair of easy-access USB ports on top of the case, in addition to options for a 500GB hard drive and quad core processors.

I always seem to run out out printer ink. And it is very expensive to refill. Especially if you buy new ink. I only use my printer to print out documents not photos so I don't need the highest quality. So I prefer quantity over quality. Pacific Ink is an online shop that can you dollars in your pocket for printer ink. With prices up to 70% off retail of the major manufactures. If you plan on saving on printer ink then go to Pacific Ink. You purchase ink for your printer made by Canon, Dell, Epson, HP, Lexmark, and many other leading manufactures. Also Pacific Ink has a no hassle return policy just in case the ink you receive doesn't work. This is very good as when I purchase on Ebay one time the ink I receive was not good. So if you buy from other places you might be disappointed especially with remanufactured ink. You will also appreciate the free shipping. There is a ton of savings you can look forward when you shop at Pacific Link. I plan to buy some ink myself and stock up and take advantage of the savings.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Netbooks are all the rage. But the price of these small Nettops seem to be increasing. Enter the JoinTech JL7100 J-Pro Mini Laptop. At $99 it's definately cheap, with specs that include Windows CE 5.0, 64mb ram , 64mb internal storage, and 3 usb ports.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Sylvania Computers has their very own rebranded Cloudbook netbook called g Netbook. From the spec sheet it looks to be almost identical to the Cloudbook featuring 1.2GHZ Via chip, 1GB Ram, 30GB Hard Drive, and gOS.

HP who has one of the most expensive Netbooks currently on the market is trying to compete at the lower end. Plans according to Jerel Chong, HP Australia’s Market Development Manager, is to launch a similar model to the current 2133 but to achieve this lower price the Netbook will be less durable. Which sounds like they may ditch the anodised aluminium chassis and go to a plastic body like other Netbooks from Asus and MSI. No word if the new version will have the Atom or Nano chip inside.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Ryan Block steps down as the editor of Engadget to start his own company. And starting in late August will be replaced by Josh Topolsky. Block will still have a role at Engadget as editor-at-large in more of an advisory role. Good luck to Ryan and his new company.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch is working on making a simple Internet Tablet device that would be price $200-$300. Here is his idea

The machine is as thin as possible, runs low end hardware and has a single button for powering it on and off, headphone jacks, a built in camera for video, low end speakers, and a microphone. It will have Wifi, maybe one USB port, a built in battery, half a Gigabyte of RAM, a 4-Gigabyte solid state hard drive. Data input is primarily through an iPhone-like touch screen keyboard. It runs on linux and Firefox. It would be great to have it be built entirely on open source hardware, but including Skype for VOIP and video calls may be a nice touch, too.

The projects seems interesting and with Arrington's deep pockets he probably could get something achieved with this project.

The N810 is finally becoming affordable. The N810 is an internet tablet with wifi, websurfing, gps, and general multimedia device. Now only $299.99 from the retail price of $479.99. Both TigerDirect and CompUSA have it at this price. Could this mean we will see the N810 Wimax version sold soon? Only time will tell.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Just when you thought Meizu was dead they go and shows some proof that the Meizu M8 does exist at least in concept form. Launch is due out in August for the 128mb ram model with no flash. Then followed by a 256mb ram with 8gb model version in October which is about $320.

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

The Onda VX747 was already a very popular model but now with the addition of the camera it is a great versatile player that can do it all. The Onda VX747+ is now available for preorder at MP4Global.com. You can purchase 4GB and 8GB models at $99.00 and $118 with free global shipping.

Monday, July 07, 2008

The Teclast M26 gets photographed. It is the little brother to the Teclast M50. The M26 appears to be smaller than the previous M50 and with more rounded corners than the square-ish M50. The M26 will have full touchscreen, along with an improved UI, and the biggest added feature TV-Out. All in all looks like it will be another great player from Teclast that may borrow some designs from a certain company.

Saturday, July 05, 2008

Amazon has the Asus EEE 1000 and 1000H available for preorder. The EEE 1000 has a 10" screen, Intel Atom Chip, 1GB Ram and 40GB SSD Drive. While the 1000H has an 80GB HDD instead of the flash memory. The 1000H will sell for $649.99 while the SSD 1000 will sell for $699.99 You can preorder the Linux versions now.

Amazon now has the Atom based nettop EEE 901 available for preorder now. The price is $599. Not much is different from this and the EEE 900 other than the Atom chip in place of the Celeron found in the 900.

Friday, July 04, 2008

In Europe you can get the Aspire One in three configurations , the A110L, A150L, and A150X. The A110L has an Atom N270 CPU, Intel's 946GSE chipset, 512MB or 1GB of RAM, 8GB of NAND flash storage, an 8.9-inch 1024 x 600 display, 802.11b/g, and three USB ports. The other two has the same specs except for flash instead of the usually HDD. Retailer claim the A110L is in stock now at €329 (or about $518) in Germany.

Thursday, July 03, 2008

The HP 2133 was made for the school sector and finally they are making there way to schools. HP has announced that 7,000 Mini-Note netbooks will be shipped to Fresno (Calif) United School District for K-12 students.

The HP Mini-Note is a powerful laptop that is small enough to fit on students’ desks along with their textbooks and papers, allowing them access to the Internet and educational content from around the world without leaving their seats,” said Kurt Madden, chief technology officer, Fresno United School District.